The game of Authors, produced in a multiplicity of versions, was one of the best-selling educational card games of the late 19th century. Players build "suits" of cards composed of authors and their major works. The stars of Autograph Authors are famous writers of the time, including Mark Twain, (a.k.a. Samuel Clemens, who appears on the cover), James Fennimore Cooper, James Russell Lowell, and William Cullen Bryant.

Bibliography:

Hofer, Margaret K. "The Games We Played: The Golden Age of Board & Table Games." New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003.

Exhibitions:

"The Games We Played: Victorian Games from the Liman Collection," New-York Historical Society, December 4, 2001-March 24, 2002.